I’m a little superstitious.
BILL PARCELLSWhen I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, ‘Do you think I’m Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?’ After that, they called me Tuna.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you’ve been beaten down a few times.
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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I’ll call somebody ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don’t know any other word for it, and if they don’t like the word, that’s too bad.
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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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Well, I’ve had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they’ve been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I’ve used them for many, many years.
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Confidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
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Something goes wrong, I yell at them -‘Fix it’- whether it’s their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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You are what your record says you are.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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